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socar65
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Mar 30, 2018

Redirect from PORT 8888 TO 80

Hi All,   Help me clear up something. So, in the examples posted, if I have a user who has to utilize port 8888 but wants it redirected to port 80, would it be easier to just change the VIP to 80 ...
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Shaun_Simmons1
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Apr 02, 2018

Forward thinking, to have less changes, I'd setup a VIP that listens on port 8888, that forwards with an iRule to port 80. The same as one would do to forward port 80 traffic with an irule to the port 443 vip.

-Copy the http to https irule 443 --> 80 iRule and modify with to listen for port 8888

-Create a Standard VIP with an the 8888 irule, http profile and no pool.

When the legacy application is decommissioned, you can delete the VIP that forwards 8888 to port 80.